In the wide-open savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, lions and hyenas are rarely far from each other. They share much of the same territory, hunt the same prey, and seem to constantly be sizing each other ...

The lion may be considered the king of the jungle, but this doesn’t mean this predator is invincible. They will go after some very tough prey that will fight back with considerable strength and ...

It may sound surprising, but groups of hyenas will sometimes take on animals much larger than themselves, even lions. Although usually, the lion is not a full-grown male, but rather a younger lion or ...

In a remarkable display of interspecies compassion, an elephant defends an injured lion from a pair of hyenas in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Photographer Morne du Plessis captured this ...